New Year’s Resolutions For Your Business

You make personal New Year’s resolutions to lose weight, get fit, study or take a trip. You are determined in that moment. Then February arrives and your resolutions are but a faint memory. Is it the same for your business?

Sadly, it too often is. So, should you even make resolutions for your business? Absolutely! The specific resolutions you make will depend on your individual business and they will differ for each business owner.

But they are, without a doubt, very necessary to keep the business on track and drive the company forward.

The question is: how do you stay focused on those resolutions beyond the first month of the year?

5 tips to keep you focused

1. Make your resolutions wisely.

As with any decision to change, the starting point is to understand the status quo. Understand where your business is right now and you will be able to decide what you need to do to move forward. If you have staff, involve them in this process. Afterwards make sure everyone has a hard copy of the outcomes. This is key to developing buy-in and commitment from your team. Consider the following steps:

Sustaining the momentum

You have a vision for your company and it is important to make it visible to you and your staff on a daily basis. Whether you chose to mount it on a wall or make it a screen-saver is up to you, but however you decide to display it, you and your team should be able to start the day being reminded of where you are heading.

Sherri Jeacocks is a business mentor at The Hope Factory in Port Elizabeth. Before joining The Hope Factory, Sherri worked at Standard Bank for 11 years where she worked her way up to provincial management through the sound support of her mentors. Now she has a chance to share her knowledge and experience with her own mentees. She holds a B. Com degree.

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